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<blockquote data-quote="rknop" data-source="post: 8011858" data-attributes="member: 20176">OK, to me, this is a very different thing from what you originally said.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes,&nbsp; it's strong evidence that they love some aspect&nbsp; of what they're doing.&nbsp; But you can love some aspect of what you're doing while as a whole it's eating you up and making you overall unhappy.Anecdote: I knew somebody in grad school a number of years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp; This person had more or less figured out that they weren't going to go on professionally in this field.&nbsp;&nbsp; Grad school,&nbsp; if you're lucky,&nbsp; pays... but is another case where you can make more money socking shelves.&nbsp;&nbsp; This person said that they were determined to get the PhD because they'd told themself since the end of high school that they were going to do that... even though the actual experience of grad school was miserable for this person.People sometimes stay in what they're doing because it's what they thought they always wanted,&nbsp; because their sense of who they are drives them to keep trying something they would have been much happier to give up.&nbsp;&nbsp; That may be the only thing that they love about what they do- plus,&nbsp; perhaps,&nbsp; the hope that this is a bad spell,&nbsp; an investment for better times to come later.This is why I really don't believe that people writing TTRPGs (or doing anything else) must love what they're doing logically follows from the fact that they could easily get another higher-paying job.&nbsp; And, from personal experience, it is a bit disconcerting to have people say things like &quot;at least you're doing what you love&quot; because they've made an assumption like that.Yes,&nbsp; I would agree that they must love some aspect of it, but that's very different from loving it overall.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rknop, post: 8011858, member: 20176"] OK, to me, this is a very different thing from what you originally said. Yes, it's strong evidence that they love [I]some aspect[/I] of what they're doing. But you can love some aspect of what you're doing while as a whole it's eating you up and making you overall unhappy. Anecdote: I knew somebody in grad school a number of years ago. This person had more or less figured out that they weren't going to go on professionally in this field. Grad school, if you're lucky, pays... but is another case where you can make more money socking shelves. This person said that they were determined to get the PhD because they'd told themself since the end of high school that they were going to do that... even though the actual experience of grad school was miserable for this person. People sometimes stay in what they're doing because it's what they thought they always wanted, because their sense of who they are drives them to keep trying something they would have been much happier to give up. That may be the only thing that they love about what they do- plus, perhaps, the hope that this is a bad spell, an investment for better times to come later. This is why I really don't believe that people writing TTRPGs (or doing anything else) must love what they're doing logically follows from the fact that they could easily get another higher-paying job. And, from personal experience, it is a bit disconcerting to have people say things like "at least you're doing what you love" because they've made an assumption like that. Yes, I would agree that they must love some aspect of it, but that's very different from loving it overall. [/QUOTE]

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